Ha. Where’s their monastery? What I am saying is that Jigten Sumgon got his training from Phagmo Drupa, as did the founder of Drukpa Kagyu. Interestingly, the founder of the Drukpa was originally a Rechung Kagyu practitioner. Even now, Rechungpa is important to the Drukpa, and there is apparently a...

The background to the OP is Drikung Kagyu. They are going with the Milarepa book of songs and basically canonizing it. So Rechungpa becomes the naughty boy to Mila just loved but wasn’t the bodhisattva disciple of the Buddha manifestation like Gampopa. In there Mila always have to teach Rechungpa l...

The background to the OP is Drikung Kagyu. They are going with the Milarepa book of songs and basically canonizing it. So Rechungpa becomes the naughty boy to Mila just loved but wasn’t the bodhisattva disciple of the Buddha manifestation like Gampopa. In there Mila always have to teach Rechungpa le...

There is a commentary on the general Vajrakilaya cycle written by Kenpo Achuk, a disciple of Dudjom R., who achieved rainbow body in the late 90's. However, it is still in cursive so relatively inaccessible. noted with thanks... hopefully it will come out soon. is there any other commentary which y...

It’s because Gampopa was a monk who took his teachings back to a monastic community. Rechungpa stayed in isolated ngakpa community or was alone w just a few disciples. After Je Mila was enlightened Gampopa went back to Rechungpa to get the rest of the transmissions he didn’t have to to receive befor...

This list is slightly wrong. The Ekajati tantra (misdescribrd above as yogini) is not part of the 17. So the ontroduction tantra is missing from this list. Not the Mirror Heart of Vajrasattva? rDo rje sems dpa’ snying gi me long gi rgyud ces bya ba I read 21 intros there. Those are nice and clear. ...

Which is the so called “Introductions Tantra”? This list is slightly wrong. The Ekajati tantra (misdescribrd above as yogini) is not part of the 17. So the ontroduction tantra is missing from this list. Not the Mirror Heart of Vajrasattva? rDo rje sems dpa’ snying gi me long gi rgyud ces bya ba I r...

Which of the 17 Dzogchen tantras have been translated and published? And if so what books are they available in? Partial or complete(by partial I mean a considerable amount, not an excerpt). I know some are in the Precious Treasury collection by Longchenpa and #12 is translated by Keith Dowman in h...

a newly translated sutra at 84000, The King of the Array of All Dharma Qualities Venerable Blessed One, those who want to reach the level of a bodhisattva, have a vision of a thus-gone one, be reborn in a buddha realm ... Thank you to the Dharmachakra Translation Committee! Love this... The Bodhisa...

My sincere wish is for everyone to discover an authentic guru from an unbroken practice lineage and received a complete initiation, transmission and (pith) instructions of a major tantra, to master mantra, mudra and samadhi and become a genuine spiritual master capable of dispelling the obstacles of...